The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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